Ro"se*ate (?), a. [Cf. L. roseus,
rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.]
1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate
bowers.
2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance;
esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her
roseate lips.
Roseate tern (Zoöl.), an American
and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in
the breeding season.
Ro"se*ate (?), a. [Cf. L. roseus,
rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.]
1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate
bowers.
2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance;
esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her
roseate lips.
Roseate tern (Zoöl.), an American
and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in
the breeding season.
